The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and New Jersey officials this week cracked down on a developer whose app used consumers' phones to mine for bitcoin. Equiliv Investments and Ryan Ramminger are now banned from creating apps that use malicious software and must destroy all information...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and New Jersey officials this week cracked down on a developer whose app used consumers' phones to mine for bitcoin. Equiliv Investments and Ryan Ramminger are now banned from creating apps that use malicious software and must destroy all information...

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